Program & Schedule New York 2016

In addition to 950 Maker entries, this Maker Faire New York features 6 stages with over 150 scheduled presentations and shows! Use the schedule tool below to plan your visit and catch as many amazing talks, performances & demos as humanly possible.

Saturday

Dina El-Zanfaly

How can we make makers? DIY websites, tinkering, and technical skills are not enough for learners to become creative Makers on their own. The I3 learning approach of Imitation, Iteration, and Improvisation allows learners to develop their sensory experiences to improvise and create, integrating digital fabrication machines into their creative processes.

Saturday

Grant Imahara

Join Grant Imahara, celebrity engineer and spokesperson for Mouser Electronics, as he speaks about his projects before the Maker Movement began and how building today is much easier thanks to the Maker community.

Saturday

David Zobel

You love "The Big Bang Theory," but what the heck are Sheldon and the gang talking about? Join author Dave Zobel for a fun and explanatory conversation about the science behind the hit television show. Is the science real? Who decides on the topics? And why does Sheldon think 73 is the best number?

Saturday

Lee Zlotoff

The MacGyver Secret: Connect to Your Inner MacGyver and Solve Anything!
Lee Zlotoff, the creator of "MacGyver," has pioneered a simple yet powerful secret for tapping into your innate ability to solve problems — whether technical, creative, or personal — along with the science to prove that it works.

Saturday

Dale Dougherty

Maker Faire co-founder Dale Dougherty provides a guided tour of the international phenomenon known as the Maker Movement through the lens of his new book, "Free to Make.” A call to join what Dougherty calls the “renaissance of making,” the book is an invitation to see ourselves as creators and shapers of the world around us. Don’t miss!

Saturday

Nicole Curtis

Join TV rehabber Nicole Curtis to learn how to use your talents for good. Nicole will share lessons learned revitalizing homes and communities, upcycling and working with local artisans, and share details on the Bernzomatic Find Your Fire Grants Program - a chance at $15,000 to MAKE a difference.

Massimo Banzi

Saturday

Vanessa Holden

Vanessa Holden, Connector-In-Chief at Soul Safari and Creative Strategy at Williams-Sonoma, in conversation with Maker Faire's own Sherry Huss. Vanessa will share her story of living a creative life and the power of making and traveling outside yourself to create transformative work.

Saturday

Christal Gordon, Ellen Jorgensen, Karen Ingram, Erika Milczek

The age of hacking biology in a similar manner to electronics is fast approaching. This round-table discussion will introduce the Maker community to what DIY biology is, how it is used today, and future horizons. Our panelists have extensive experience in synthetic biology from the perspectives of academia, large industrial corporations, small startups, and the arts.

Saturday

Erik de Bruijn

Ultimaker co-founder Erik de Bruijn talks with artist Joris van Tubergen, Ultimaker’s most outrageous and inventive superuser. Joris proves that Ultimaker's steep road to developing open, extendable hardware has been worth it. You might agree when you see what he's made with this machine.

Saturday

Stephen Ritz

Urban farmer Stephen Ritz of Green Bronx Machine shares how he and his students use vertical Tower Garden technology aligned to Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards to farm indoors — anywhere — all year long using 90% less water and 90% less space.

Saturday

Sam Ortega

You have technology, NASA has technology — what if you could partner and create something awesome? It's easier than you think. Learn about the NASA Partnership Offices, your "front door" to working with NASA.

Saturday

Monsi Roman

At the 2016 Maker Faire, NASA Centennial Challenges awarded the winners of the first phase of the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge - the Design Challenge. It's time to announce the next steps in this additive construction competition.

Saturday

Stephen Wolfram, Christopher Wolfram

What do you want to make by computer? Bring your ideas. Stephen and Christopher Wolfram will code live in the Wolfram Language to turn your ideas into reality, whether to make an app, a 3D object, a science discovery, or something else.

Sunday

Brent Chapman, Erick Waage, James Finocchiaro

Every summer, cadets at West Point conduct their annual training in the woods of the Hudson Valley as part of their familiarization to the Army. This year, in an attempt to expose these students to what the future of operations might look like, trainers integrated making into their field exercises.

Sunday

Ayah Bdeir

We could not have predicted the rise of app developers or UX architects. We don't know what new technologies and careers the future will bring, but we know that today's makers will be the best equipped to take on the world’s challenges with problem-solving, collaboration and creativity.

Sunday

Panel discussion on impact the Maker Movement has had and can have on peace and justice initiatives with members of Goodwill Industries, Communitere, and the Enable Community Foundation. Moderated by Make: magazine's Senior Editor Caleb Kraft.

Sunday

Lee Smith

Already used extensively within orthopedics, dentistry, and craniofacial reconstruction, 3D printing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn about current medical uses for 3D printing and the potential of 3D bioprinting to fabricate grafts for airway reconstruction and windpipe replacement.

Sunday

Ian Roy, Jordan Tynes, Douglas Higgins, Adam Wentworth, Sabrina Merlo

Higher ed makerspace founders from Brandeis, Colgate, UCONN, and Wellesley convene to discuss the challenges and victories that each campus has encountered while supporting emerging technology and encouraging students to embrace it.

Sunday

Chris Peterson, Stephanie Chang

What happens when makers apply to college? How do they appear in the college admissions process, and how can they make their technical creativity more legible? Chris Peterson, Assistant Director at MIT Admissions and Stephanie Chang, Director of Programs at Maker Ed, will talk about strategies & processes for makers applying to college.

Sunday

For a Maker culture to thrive it needs a healthy habitat: affordable workspaces, tools and supplies, job training and entrepreneurship services, art, and celebrations. Join Peter Hirshberg in conversation with Dale, Xanthe Matychak, and Leah Gilliam who will discuss state of the art initiatives, policies and recipes towards better a Maker habitat.

Sunday

Luke DuBois

Artist R. Luke DuBois makes unique portraits of presidents, cities, himself and even Britney Spears using data and personality. He'll share several projects with us and talk about the connective tissues between engineering, technology, making and art.

Sunday

Large and seeming impassive, Northrop Grumman nonetheless stays nimble enough to help its employees create makerspaces across its regional offices. A panel of engineers discusses why this is so important to fostering creativity within the edifice and how they do it.

Sunday

Artists and scientists alike can expect to leave this panel discussion understanding (and excited about!) the way that recent advances in technology have revolutionized the field of neuroscience, and the significance of this revolution to the DIY/Maker community.

Saturday

Will Smith

Glowforge is a 3D laser printer that can bring ideas to life at the push of a button . Witness a professional artist design and print an entire creation on a Glowforge laser - live onstage - and learn how you can make beautiful things with a laser, too.

Saturday

Simon Monk

Are you ready to experience the Internet of Things and gain a better understanding of the world around you? Then you're ready for Arduino. Learn what an Arduino is and see just how easy it is to start programming one.

Saturday

Matt Richardson

Go from 0 to Raspberry Pi in no time at all with Product Evangelist Matt Richardson. Learn what Raspberry Pi is, what you'll need to use it, and how makers have been integrating this $35 mini computer in their projects.

Saturday

Kathy Ceceri

Learn engineering concepts using the tools, materials, and skills you already have! The author of "Paper Inventions," "Making Simple Robots," and now "Edible Inventions," Kathy Ceceri will show you how to master complex concepts using everyday stuff.

Saturday

Don Coleman

Most Bluetooth Low Energy boards available to makers pretend to look like serial devices for simplicity’s sake and present a UART service to the user. We'll look at how to create custom Bluetooth Low Energy services using Arduino libraries.

Saturday

Jack Challoner

Calling all Makers ages 8 and up! Jack Challoner, author of DK's new "Maker Lab," demonstrates his Density Tower project with the help of the audience and offers ideas for at home experimenting with real world applications.

Saturday

Ji Sun Lee

Make: author Ji Sun Lee and her daughter Hannah Kim will share the projects and lessons they learned on their nine-year journey with the Tech DIY project in using soft circuits to teach about sensors, transistors, and timers.

Saturday

Adam Kemp

Learn how to convert your garage, library, or classroom into a Makerspace for your community with Make: author Adam Kemp. Adam's "Makerspace Workbench" is the essential guide to getting your Makerspace up and running.

Saturday

John Keefe

Learn to build smart objects that sense their environment and can share their findings! Make: author John Keefe is a maker, journalist, and professional beginner whose new book, "Family Projects for Smart Objects," contains 11 fun Arduino builds perfect for young Makers.

Saturday

Jeff Patton

Your light bulb can do what?! Learn how Makers are helping the leading lighting brand innovate the next generation of connected home lighting. Hear from Makers and GE Lighting experts who are enabling lighting that listens and learns and unleashes a whole new world of opportunity for the smart home.

Saturday

Jimmy DiResta, Howard Chung, Laura Kampf, Giaco Whatever, and April Wilkerson share their secrets to making Making a hit on YouTube. Moderated by Make: magazine's executive editor Mike Senese and guaranteed to be a bunch of serious fun.

Rick Winscot

Sunday

John Keefe

Learn to build smart objects that sense their environment and can share their findings! Make: author John Keefe is a maker, journalist, and professional beginner whose new book, "Family Projects for Smart Objects," contains 11 fun Arduino builds perfect for young Makers.

Sunday

Matt Richardson

Go from 0 to Raspberry Pi in no time at all with Product Evangelist Matt Richardson. Learn what Raspberry Pi is, what you'll need to use it, and how makers have been integrating this $35 mini computer in their projects.

Sunday

Bruce Shapiro

Over 25 years, Bruce Shapiro has explored robotic technology to make art. From building CNC tools in-studio to make sculpture, his machines later "escaped" and became the artwork themselves. His work is installed in science centers across the globe. His focus is now to bring it into your home.

Sunday

John Park

Maker John Park will show how he made his popular Adafruit Circuit Playground projects: the Class Scheduler, Password Vault, and Pizza Box DJ Controller. You'll learn about Circuit Playground, a microcontroller platform with built-in LEDs and sensor designed to teach physical computing and coding.

Sunday

Tom Igoe

Co-founder of the Arduino Project, Tom Igoe previews the third edition of his game-changing text "Making Things Talk" and answers questions about his approach to connected devices. Hint: Don't call it "IoT."

Sunday

Kathy Ceceri

Learn engineering concepts using the tools, materials, and skills you already have! The author of "Paper Inventions," "Making Simple Robots," and now "Edible Inventions," Kathy Ceceri will show you how to master complex concepts using everyday stuff.

Sunday

Tim Deagan

Fire is amazing and beautiful, but what is it really? We'll dig deep into the process of combustion to discover that fire is actually a verb not a noun. We'll find out what the molecules are doing with each other and where the light comes from. If you've ever stated at flames and wondered what's going on, this easy to understand presentation is for you!

Sunday

Windell Oskay

Evil Mad Science Lab's Windell Oskay discusses his updated version of this classic 1960s science book, having rescued with it a wealth of information, projects, and one-of-a-kind science fair resources.

Sunday

Dale Dougherty

Maker Faire co-founder Dale Dougherty provides a guided tour of the international phenomenon known as the Maker Movement through the lens of his new book, "Free to Make.” A call to join what Dougherty calls the “renaissance of making,” the book is an invitation to see ourselves as creators and shapers of the world around us. Don’t miss!

Terry Kilby

Sunday

Paul Gentile

Have you ever wanted to build a R2-D2, BB-8, or other Astromech Droid? Come meet the makers who bring R2 and other Star Wars droids to life. Learn where to start and get your questions answered. A fun and informative panel for all!

Saturday

Jessica Parker

Maker Ed hosts powerful stories by partners working in schools, libraries, museums, and organizations. We'll celebrate the many forms and approaches to making in education. Join us, make connections, gain insights, and contribute to the discussion!

Saturday

Steve Davee

Maker education is full of variety and unique blends of approaches. We’ll explore examples of inquiry, problem, project, and instruction-based methods, and ways of making it all more youth-driven, personal, effective, joyful, and empowering for every student, especially those that need it the most.

Saturday

Jim Tiffin Jr

A maker-centered educator will share examples of methodologies that have helped students playfully explore new possibilities for materials and tools - approaches that can easily be duplicated in other classrooms. Take advantage of the ideas your students have, and let them show you what can be done!

Saturday

Eric Walters

Every student at Marymount is a maker! Join us as our students share their work, from the Invention Convention and Mobile Making with littleBits to the Curators Gallery and Physical Computing in the Arts. Come learn how students are transforming their own learning by designing, doing & discovering.

Saturday

Mary Holtzhauser

DonorsChoose.org makes it easy for anyone to help a classroom in need, while helping students get the tools and experiences they need for a great education. Teachers on DonorsChoose.org use projects and creativity to bring Making to life in their classrooms.

Saturday

Nathaniel Dsouza

Nate founded KidzIdeazTECH to show kids a cool new way to learn coding. It is fun, fast and easy. Kids learn cutting edge technologies such as Bootstrap, CSS, HTML, Javascript, MongoDB, MeteorJS and build real world live apps and it is completely FREE!!

Saturday

Carrie Anne Philbin

Resolving complex challenges and creating practical solutions are key skills required in the 21st century. This session lead by STEM in education pioneer from Raspberry Pi Foundation will explore the advantages of design thinking strategies for innovation & project based learning through creativity.

Saturday

Natalie Munn

Students in the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School MVironment Club learned about sustainable growing as they designed passive hydroponic systems with LED grow lights, as well as pumped-water vertical tower systems. They offered workshops for over 100 3rd-8th graders to build these systems.

Saturday

Natalie Munn

Teachers and students at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School present the monthly, after-school enrichment Engineering Challenge Program. They’ll highlight how it works, and share challenges such as designing a produce scale, rain gutter water wheel, grocery grabber, and hot-air balloon.

Saturday

Steven Willis

Chicago Youth Centers (CYC) wants to provide 21st Century Learning to youth of underserved communities. In a bold move, it transforms learning spaces into Maker Labs and offers STEM with Arts Integration in a new program model. In only a year, CYC fully reinvigorates the learning exchange!!!

Saturday

Albert Palacios

Hear select winners of the Career and Technical Education (CTE) Makeover Challenge discuss how they planned, designed, and created makerspaces at their high schools. This panel will be an opportunity for attendees to gain insight about how to bring their own makerspaces to life. The discussion will be moderated by Luminary Labs, who was contracted by the U.S. Department of Education to power the CTE Makeover Challenge.

Saturday

Drew Fustini

BeagleBoard.org is a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code. GSoC is a great benefit to both the students & the Open Source organizations for which the student projects are created. I will highlight past GSoC students and their projects. I will review results from the 7 students this year.

Saturday

Donna Mandosa

PCHS has built one of the premeire public school makerspaces in California by tackling the challenges of resource allocation, curriculum innovation, and UC admission requirements. Our program won the 2016 CTE Makeover Challenge. We are a makerspace with a mission: innovation access for all!

Saturday

Paul Reynolds

Calling all maker ed advocates who are equally passionate about forging more affordable, equitable opportunities in the classroom. Learn how FableVision/Reynolds Center partnered with UVA, Princeton, and Smithsonian to create the Fab@School paper-based digital fabrication platform for pre-K to 12

Sunday

Jessica Parker

Maker Ed hosts powerful stories by partners working in schools, libraries, museums, and organizations. We'll celebrate the many forms and approaches to making in education. Join us, make connections, gain insights, and contribute to the discussion!

Sunday

Stephanie Chang

Learn more about Maker Ed's Open Portfolio Project, and consider how portfolios can be created by students within educational environments. Some of our research work in classrooms involves designing and iterating on documentation practices that are engaging and easy, some of which we'll share here!

Sunday

Emily Silverman

These assessments will be about how individuals connect to material, what matters to them, and what will continue to resonate. We’ll review and frame meaningful, open-source, hands-on, uncheatable guidelines to inspire your students and you.

Sunday

Liz Whitewolf

Fab Lab Carnegie Science Center integrates STEM competencies into authentic making experiences. Learn how the Fab Lab, within the Chevron Center for STEM Excellence, is working with students, teachers, and administrators to incorporate making into robust STEM programs.

Sunday

Josh Burker

Exploring geometry by making art with Logo programming using a physical floor turtle allows for deeper comprehension of mathematics concepts like angles and degrees. The LogoTurtle brings Logo programming to microcontrollers and 3D printed robots.

Sunday

Gary Stager

President Obama recently proclaimed a goal of computer science education for every student. Maker educators should lead such a movement. This session will explore the mutually supportive nature of making and computer science education, while cutting through the confusion associated with the hype.

Sunday

Daron Westly

Always say yes to an opportunity... Don't know how to do it? You'll learn. Our team of students, scientists, and engineers built a CubeSat to fly on board the Perlan II high altitude glider and will attempt to determine whether fungal spores can ride mountain waves into stratosphere...

Sunday

Tiffany Lucey

Having a vision and bringing it to fruition can be as simple or complex as you make it. We will address everything from philosophy and design to implementation and integration while sharing our experiences from the multiply disabled to gifted and talented prek-12 environments.

Sunday

Jessica Castillo

As Makers, we like to create and build things. Whether they are tiny or huge, we need to have an understanding of the materials we use. This interactive demonstration shows you how shapes can make things stronger!

Sunday

Luis Jimenez Cu

Innovation Lab is our effort at Galileo University, in Guatemala, to give tools to freshmen and high school students so they can turn their ideas into reality and create their own projects.
With Arduino, Corona SDK, amongst others, they can see instantly the result of what they are learning.

Sunday

Kevin Jarrett

At Northfield Community Middle School (NCMS),
the "Digital Shop" class engages students in learning design by doing design. Human-Centered Design (HCD) is the central focus and reflected in the class' mantra: "CARE THINK DESIGN ACT."

Saturday

Ethan Wu

The challenge was to create a robot that can successfully navigate a maze. The result was a 3D-printed open source robot built atop a custom-designed PCB based upon an STM32F4 series ARM microprocessor. How did they do it?

Elizabeth Slagus

Saturday

Alicia Lo

Alicia is a designer and artist based in NYC. For nearly twenty years she has been enjoying the art of origami and paper folding. Now with new technology, she has discovered a new direction in implementing origami with 3d modeling, 3d scanning and 3d printing.

Saturday

Ben Vagle

Can a group of teens and one Geek-Dad invent a new walking machine capable of traversing terrain where wheeled vehicles can't go? Ben Vagle, 16, presents TrotBot's evolution, from the original design goals and prototype performance, to what was learned by scaling it up to an SUV-sized monstrosity.

Saturday

Prateek Humane, Neelay Trivedi

MORFBOTS is a multi-agent robotics project. A small group of small robots use polar coordinate to localize themselves, and move in unison to form a specific polygon formation chosen by users through our custom designed user-interface. The project focuses in accuracy, efficiency and low cost.

Saturday

Rick Schertle

A master at the craft of teaching middle school and a Maker at home, educator and Make: author Rick Schertle takes you through a series of fun builds that show how to catch some air with your own planes, gliders, and paper rockets.

Elizabeth Slagus

Saturday

Monsi Roman, Tia Ferguson, Teresa Cushing, Lilia Ramirez

Senior women from NASA, the Navy, and Caterpillar reveal their experiences working in — and working their way up through —traditional male strongholds of science, where being a top-level female nearly always means being a surprise. Sometimes even to yourself. Moderated by Monsi Roman of NASA.

Saturday

Aidan Leitch

Soft roboticist and inventor Aidan Leitch will talk about how he makes everything from inflatable robots to 3D printed toys and how such endeavours show how makers can push the boundaries of what rapid prototyping is capable of doing for the maker movement and our increasingly technological world.

Saturday

Tim Deagan

Fire is amazing and beautiful, but what is it really? We'll dig deep into the process of combustion to discover that fire is actually a verb not a noun. We'll find out what the molecules are doing with each other and where the light comes from. If you've ever stated at flames and wondered what's going on, this easy to understand presentation is for you!

Saturday

Elizabeth Slagus

Sunday

Sharon Lin

Interested in joining the hackathon movement or introducing young programming enthusiasts to the world of hackathons? Hear from five of the most active young hackathon organizers as they talk about their experiences working with youth, computer science, and non-profit organizations across the Northeast.
Moderator:
<a href="http://twitter.com/sharontlin">Sharon Lin</a> - Stuyvesant High School (<a href=”http://stuyhacks.com”>StuyHacks</a>)
Panelists:
<a href=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/arpitaabrol”>Arpita Abrol</a> - Stuyvesant High School (<a href=”http://stuyhacks.com”>StuyHacks</a>)
Arpita is a senior at Stuyvesant High School, located in downtown Manhattan. She is a technology enthusiast, and enjoys both programming and volunteering in her community. She has sought to make a difference in her community by teaching others how to program and interact with technology. She has taught youth in her community how to program, and currently coaches three elementary school robotics team, and assists with three others. Arpita is also one of the head organizers of StuyHacks, a hackathon for middle school and high school students. She is also an Executive Council member on her high school robotics team, which has been internationally recognized for its success in both robotics and spreading STEM in their local and global community. In her spare time, Arpita can be found tinkering away at personal projects or curled up with a book.
<a href=”http://adammcneilly.com/”>Adam McNeilly</a> - Oakland University (<a href=”http://grizzhacks.com/”>GrizzHacks</a>)
Adam is a mobile applications developer for HelloWorld in Southfield, Michigan. He graduated from Oakland University where he organized GrizzHacks, OU’s first ever hackathon. Inspiration for GrizzHacks came after Adam and two of his close friends attended their first hackathon, SpartaHack, at Michigan State University. Ever since that first exposure to the hackathon community, Adam has continued to be a part of the community as a hacker, mentor, and also serves as a student ambassador for Namecheap.
<a href=””https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent-occhiogrosso-8a30abb6>Vincent Occhiogrosso</a> - General Douglas MacArthur High School (<a href=”http://www.creatingsteam.org/codeathon/”>Back to School Code-a-thon</a>)
Vincent is a rising senior at General Douglas MacArthur High School on Long Island, not far from New York City. He has a strong passion for technology and has been working tirelessly to learn new concepts and expand his knowledge. Vincent had his start working in the tech industry as an intern for a non-for-profit called We Connect The Dots, since late 2014. Through his efforts he has had several extraordinary opportunities such as attending the ceremonial opening of the Nasdaq Stock Market with Microsoft as well as attending the opening of Microsoft’s flagship store in New York City with VIP access. In his spare time, Vincent travels to hackathons to build and develop products and services to make a positive impact on the community. His goal is to build and develop his own software and he hopes to encourage other youth to follow their passion(s).
<a href=”https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-sun-93736b103”>Claire Sun</a> - Brandeis University (<a href=”https://www.facebook.com/deis3d/”>Printathon</a>)
Claire is currently a junior at Brandeis University double majoring in Neuroscience and Computer Science. Starting later than most, Claire became interested in software development and technology after being exposed to emerging tech at her university makerspace. She then went on to become part of the executive board for the 3D Printing Club, planned two university hack events, and winning Best in Show alongside her peers at the World’s Maker Faire in 2015. She enjoys programming for the feeling of endless possibility and satisfaction. She is a large STEAM advocate for youth and women and believes that presenting technology in an interesting and fun light leads people to become curious and want to learn for themselves.
<a href=”www.alishaukani.com”>Alisha Ukani</a> - Harvard University (<a href=”http://hackharvard.io/”>HackHarvard</a>)
Alisha Ukani is a freshman at Harvard University pursuing a joint concentration in Computer Science and Government. In high school she co-organized CodeDay Boston, a 24-hour hackathon for high school students. There, she mentored students, led introductory coding workshops, and found the event's first sponsors. Now, she's an Executive Board Member and Organizer of HackHarvard, a collegiate hackathon that will be held in late October. She has received her Girl Scout Gold Award for organizing CodHer Camp, a two-day event where she taught web development to women from ages 13 to 70, increasing coding familiarity from 40% to 100%. She is also a two-time NCWIT Aspirations in Computing MA Winner and National Runner-Up, a 2015 ESA LOFT Video Game Innovation Fellow, and Bausch + Lomb Honorary Science Award Recipient. When she's not coding, she can be found writing articles for the Harvard Political Review, representing her class as a Women in Computer Science Freshman Representative, and making open-data policy recommendations through the Harvard Institute of Politics. She is active in the civic technology movement as a member of Code for Boston, and plans to work as a software engineer in the government to help make services more accessible.

Elizabeth Slagus

Sunday

Alicia Lo

Alicia is a designer and artist based in NYC. For nearly twenty years she has been enjoying the art of origami and paper folding. Now with new technology, she has discovered a new direction in implementing origami with 3d modeling, 3d scanning and 3d printing.

Sunday

Rick Schertle

A master at the craft of teaching middle school and a Maker at home, educator and Make: author Rick Schertle takes you through a series of fun builds that show how to catch some air with your own planes, gliders, and paper rockets.

Sunday

Aidan Leitch

Soft roboticist and inventor Aidan Leitch will talk about how he makes everything from inflatable robots to 3D printed toys and how such endeavours show how makers can push the boundaries of what rapid prototyping is capable of doing for the maker movement and our increasingly technological world.

Sunday

Troy Cline

You have likely heard about environmental conditions that lead to extreme weather events on earth but did you
know that there are conditions far above Earth’s atmosphere that lead to EXTREME events in space called solar storms? Join us for NASA DIY, VR and a sneak peak at Eclipse 2017!

Sunday

Jeff Betts

Grown materials are soon going to impact makers on a scale only 3D printing can compare to. Jeff Betts from Ecovative will discuss how biomaterials already exist for makers in with mushrooms, bacteria, and other innovative bio-based platforms.

Elizabeth Slagus

Sunday

Gary Bennett

Solar Generators combine solar panels, batteries, DC/AC inverter and solar charger for 24x7 reliable power. Solar generators are used throughout the world for:
Cabins,
Off Grid homes,
Supplement On-Grid homes.
This presentation will show how to size and build a Solar Generator to meet power needs

Sunday

Alanna Sousa

Liter of Light is a global movement and foundation fighting energy poverty by offering affordable, sustainable, and renewable day and night-light open-source solutions to people living in the dark in more than 30 countries of the world.

Saturday

Max Bouratoglou

Singer, Songwriter musician - Max is fifteen years old and has just finished his third album. His harmonic songs with crisp lyrics speak of love, being a teenager and growing up. Max is performing with Sons - Chris Moore, Gary Langol and Tom Gavin.

Sunday

Concrete A Cappella

Founded in 2015 and based in New York City, Concrete uses three-part harmonies and a low, rich sound to reimagine pop hits, classic rock and indie tunes. With lyric melodies and a smooth blend, their arrangements are uncomplicated and soulful.

Saturday

Aaron Johnston

Engineered a great solution? Solved a complex technical problem? Aaron Johnston, head of product at Technology Will Save Us, offers tips to help you evaluate whether your prototype is production-ready. Learn from the company that led the design of the BBC micro:bit — a prototyping board given to 1 million children in the UK.

Saturday

John Moore

Scoup is simple-- consumers follow 12 companies of their choice and are able to receive a coupon to one of these companies daily. The marketing implications, revising the distribution model of coupons, and changing customer interaction with companies on a daily basis, is the truly exciting part.

Saturday

Dan Seal

Makers today build complex projects that require sophisticated algorithms and can accumulate masses of data. We’ll look at projects that use MATLAB and ThingSpeak in a variety of ways to add extra complexity: an IoT tide gauge, a weather station, a squirrel café, a 3D scanner, and more.

Saturday

Greg Baugues

Thanks to an Arduino Yun, a big red button, Twilio MMS, and lots of treats, my dog can now text selfies. This session will be especially useful for web developers looking to get into hardware hacking, or hardware hackers interested in using Web APIs. (This hack was featured on Mashable.)

Saturday

John Park

Join maker John Park as he demonstrates how you can hack the famous Happy Chewbacca Mask to make any sounds you like. John will perform a live mask teardown, demonstrate how to trigger audio files with switches, and talk about the joys of toy hacking.

Saturday

Hal Rodriguez

Learn how fashion is incorporating technology to interact with its surroundings. Come see our creations of high-tech fashion powered by Arduino using addressable LEDs, color sensors, Bluetooth, and 3D printing.

Saturday

David Lakatos

The Form 2 was built with one thing in mind: reliability. To get there, we designed tests that pushed every major component to its physical limit. Each of the 50+ components were put through the ultimate endurance tests, including a full 6-hrs of dus blasting!

Saturday

James Jarvey

IoT is a hot topic, and every year the technology landscape shifts as new products come out, problems are solved, and new challenges emerge. Zachary Crockett, founder and CTO of Particle, talks about what to expect over the next year or two, and how to stay ahead of the trends.

Saturday

Terry & Belinda Kilby

Maker Pros Terry and Belinda Kilby use their drones to capture and process photogrammetry data for creating quality 3D models and environments. Learn the basics of this fascinating application and how you can utilize it too.

Saturday

Julio Terra, Alex Klein, Daniela Paredes, Alroy Almeida

When makers create tools that empower and inspire others to make things, they kick off a virtuous cycle. Join us for a conversation with Kickstarter creators who have built a diverse set of tools that are expanding the worlds of making and creativity.

Saturday

Katharine Roberts

Students from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School have built a cell phone from scratch that has a functioning screen, can sustain communication between the phone and a computer, can make phone calls, receive phone calls, and can send a text. The phone is charged by a solar panel system.

Saturday

Luis Jimenez Cu

We printed and assembled an InMoov robot and added a custom control powered by VR and gestures using Oculus Rift and Leap Motion. More than just a Maker project, it eventually became a flagship project that inspired many. Here's how.

Saturday

Sue McNamara

Utilizing the same game-engine technology that is typically used in a VR headset, the Framestore team was able to borrow a school bus's own motion to create an experience akin to traveling across the red planet.

Sunday

nick demopoulos

Learn several ways to create a digital interface, how to personalize it, and how to work with sensors and microcontrollers. We'll focus on musical instrument digital interfaces and the concepts behind them.

Sunday

Jeff Patton

Your light bulb can do what?! Learn how Makers are helping the leading lighting brand innovate the next generation of connected home lighting. Hear from Makers and GE Lighting experts who are enabling lighting that listens and learns and unleashes a whole new world of opportunity for the smart home.

Sunday

Alex Klein

What will it take to create a world where anyone can make technology, not just consume it? Make:'s Alasdair Allan and Alex Klein, CEO and co-founder of Kano, look at the rising curiosity we all feel about the computers that surround us and the code that powers them.

Sunday

Aaron Johnston

Engineered a great solution? Solved a complex technical problem? Aaron Johnston, head of product at Technology Will Save Us, offers tips to help you evaluate whether your prototype is production-ready. Learn from the company that led the design of the BBC micro:bit — a prototyping board given to 1 million children in the UK.

Sunday

Don Coleman

Inexpensive WiFi hardware is everywhere. We'll look at using Arduino compatible hardware like the ESP8266 to create wireless sensors for collecting temperature and humidity data. I built a network of sensors to monitor a passive solar house. I'll talk about how I collect, sort, and display the data.

Sunday

Kari Love

The emerging field of soft robotics has experimentation at its heart. Roboticists from Super-Releaser will highlight how hands-on experience in materials and fabrication informs their research. Designing flexible things takes flexible thinking and the rapid hacking makers know so well.

Sunday

Terry & Belinda Kilby

Maker Pros Terry and Belinda Kilby use their drones to capture and process photogrammetry data for creating quality 3D models and environments. Learn the basics of this fascinating application and how you can utilize it too.

Sunday

Jason Kridner

BeagleBoard.org is a pioneer in OpenSource hardware. Their BeagleBone Black platform is one of the most popular Single Board Computers on the market and it is completely open sources, meaning anyone can freely get the designs, modify them, and build their own system.

Sunday

Benjamin Hylak

As robots swiftly transition from appliances into collaborators, engineers will need to design them with human interaction in mind. Acclaimed roboticist Ben Hylak will explain the process of making collaborative robots from both personal experience and cutting edge research.

Sunday

Zach Dunham

A new generation of digital fabrication tools is coming to life on Kickstarter. Join us for a conversation with Kickstarter creators who are pushing the boundaries in this field, creating remarkable machines that bring processes typically found on factory floors to your desktop.

Sunday

Andrew Katz

Many Internet of Things devices are on the market and in our homes today. These devices connect to the Internet and our smartphones, and offer enhanced functionality, but sometimes introduce vulnerabilities into our homes. This presentation explores defenses against many of these vulnerabilities.

Sunday

Yosef Maldonado

Did you catch that Pokemon? I did, and it was so much fun! Learn how to build simple AR/VR mini games and how we can use it to interact. We'll discuss the tools of choice like Unity, Vuforia, and Google Cardboard, and do a walk through a simple mini game build using these tools.

Saturday

Aether is a live motion capture-performance designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements. The dancer’s movement is tracked and translated to a 3d model emitting different particle systems in real-time

Saturday

Aether is a live motion capture-performance designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements. The dancer’s movement is tracked and translated to a 3d model emitting different particle systems in real-time

Saturday

Aether is a live motion capture-performance designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements. The dancer’s movement is tracked and translated to a 3d model emitting different particle systems in real-time

Saturday

Aether is a live motion capture-performance designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements. The dancer’s movement is tracked and translated to a 3d model emitting different particle systems in real-time

Saturday

Aether is a live motion capture-performance designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements. The dancer’s movement is tracked and translated to a 3d model emitting different particle systems in real-time

Saturday

Aether is a live motion capture-performance designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements. The dancer’s movement is tracked and translated to a 3d model emitting different particle systems in real-time

Sunday

Aether is a live motion capture-performance designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements. The dancer’s movement is tracked and translated to a 3d model emitting different particle systems in real-time

Sunday

Aether is a live motion capture-performance designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements. The dancer’s movement is tracked and translated to a 3d model emitting different particle systems in real-time

Sunday

Aether is a live motion capture-performance designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements. The dancer’s movement is tracked and translated to a 3d model emitting different particle systems in real-time

Sunday

Aether is a live motion capture-performance designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements. The dancer’s movement is tracked and translated to a 3d model emitting different particle systems in real-time

Sunday

Aether is a live motion capture-performance designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements. The dancer’s movement is tracked and translated to a 3d model emitting different particle systems in real-time

Sunday

Aether is a live motion capture-performance designed and choreographed from the ancestral use of sacred geometry and the embodied elements. The dancer’s movement is tracked and translated to a 3d model emitting different particle systems in real-time

Saturday

Power Racing Series

Start with $500 and a Power Wheel. (Or any electric kids’ ride on vehicle.) Get some new batteries. A new motor. Heck, some nice new tires. Tie LEDs to the hood. Sprinkle it with glitter. Maybe a feather for class. Haul it to one of our many races.

Saturday

Power Racing Series

Start with $500 and a Power Wheel. (Or any electric kids’ ride on vehicle.) Get some new batteries. A new motor. Heck, some nice new tires. Tie LEDs to the hood. Sprinkle it with glitter. Maybe a feather for class. Haul it to one of our many races.

Saturday

Power Racing Series

Start with $500 and a Power Wheel. (Or any electric kids’ ride on vehicle.) Get some new batteries. A new motor. Heck, some nice new tires. Tie LEDs to the hood. Sprinkle it with glitter. Maybe a feather for class. Haul it to one of our many races.

Saturday

Power Racing Series

Start with $500 and a Power Wheel. (Or any electric kids’ ride on vehicle.) Get some new batteries. A new motor. Heck, some nice new tires. Tie LEDs to the hood. Sprinkle it with glitter. Maybe a feather for class. Haul it to one of our many races.

Sunday

Power Racing Series

Start with $500 and a Power Wheel. (Or any electric kids’ ride on vehicle.) Get some new batteries. A new motor. Heck, some nice new tires. Tie LEDs to the hood. Sprinkle it with glitter. Maybe a feather for class. Haul it to one of our many races.